Synthesis and Crystal Structure of a Co（ Ⅱ ） Complex with Taurine-5-methyl-2-hydroxyisophthalaldehyde Schiff Bases [Co（C13H16N2O7S2）（H2O）3]2·H2O

The title complex [CoL（H20）3]2·H2O （C26H46N4O21S4CO2）, where L = taurine-5- methyl-2-hydroxyisophthalaldehydes, has been synthesized and characterized by IR and X-ray diffraction analysis. The crystal of the complex belongs to the triclinic system, space group P1, with a = 11.197（4）, b = 13.309（5）, c = 14.486（5） ]A, a = 78.827（13）,β = 70.547（11）, γ = 81.058（13）°, Mr = 996.77, S = 1.08, V= 1987.2（13） A3, Z = 2, Dc = 1.666 g/cm3, F（000） = 1032,μ = 1.131 mm^-1, R = 0.0633 and wR = 0.1293. According to the structural analysis, the Co（ Ⅱ ） ion adopts a slightly distorted six-coordinated octahedral geometry. One N atom of the Schiff base of each molecule was hydrogenated to form hydrogen bond with O atom. Two coterminous molecules packed in one crystal water molecule are linked by intermolecular hydrogen bonds, thus generating an infinite chain constructed by hydrogen bonds.